Impacts Magazine - Fall 2005
Welcome to Clemson Impacts magazine, a quarterly guide to research highlights and services benefiting the citizens of South Carolina, the nation and the world.
Magazine features are sorted by the 5 Focus Areas of Public Service Activities:
- Agrisystems, Productivity & Profitability
- Economic & Community Development
- Environmental Conservation
- Food Safety & Nutrition
- Youth Development & Families
News
- Letter from the Vice President
- Interest grows in Carolina Gold rice
- Fall plant sale in Botanical Garden
- Veterinarian named director of animal health programs
Agrisystems Productivity & Profitability
- Soybean rust only a minor problem this year
- Natural herbicides prove effective against weeds
- Muscadine vineyard offers alternative crop
- Medicinal plants offer good profit potential
- Farmers find efficiency and profits at field day
Economic & Community Development
Environmental Conservation
- Adding wildlife habitat may help landowners
- Guidebook helps protect state’s lakes and streams
- Sudden oak death pathogen found
- New pest control regulations begin in January
- Group declares war on kudzu
- Regulatory agency ensures safe drinking water
Food Safety & Nutrition
- Plant-A-Row for the hungry
- Scientist improves milk fat content
- Research focuses on genetics and food
Youth Development & Families
- ThinkShops improve school performance
- Technology takes bullying into cyberspace
- Community scholars apply lessons in service
- 4-H gets hands on the environment
Download the entire Fall 2005 issue (PDF, 1012KB)
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